Man, that whole farm is something else! I'd love to spend the day walking around there with CajunB, with my mouth shut and my ears open! And that okra! Seeing you pull an 8" pod off the plant and eating it raw says it all about that variety!
Great video. I live about 30 miles from CajunB and have visited his orchard a few times. I have purchased some cuttings and fig trees from him twice and plan on go back for more this fall. Brian is very knowledgeable on figs and the rest of his gardening. He enjoys doing it and does it all very well. You did a good job on the video and showed a lot. Keep up the good work.
Taken quite a few rides in that golf cart and eaten many fruits there that I’ve never seen anywhere else. He and Linda are some awesome people and friends of mine. He is a wealth of knowledge and doesn’t mind sharing it. Hope you got to check out that massive Champanel grape vine growing where his chicken run was before hurricane Ida.
@@brianrodrigue6821 thank you for the friendship, knowledge, wise words, and everything else you have done for me over the years. I am forever grateful!
This reminded me that I have some dwarf nanners in pots i forgot to plant. I agree the sweet potatos and okra are about all i can grow in the bed this time of year. In Central Florida.
What a great video! I’ve been to Chackbay Farm, but taking this virtual tour of the property was such a treat. Thanks, Linda, for letting me know about it. I learned a lot and plan on watching it again!
Cajun B: Thank you for sharing your fig garden. Enjoyed learning about the pomelo and sugarcane, too! Travis: Thank you for taking us along on your road trip to New Orleans. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 7/28/2022.
What a great video of your adventures in Cajun Country. He has quite the spread there and lots of different things planted. It’s great to see different gardens throughout the country. Nice work Travis!!
Growing up in NOLA, we raided many a fig tree in the neighborhood! Thanks for somewhat taking me back! :) BUT, I need to know where he got those Dwarf Cowhorn Okra seeds from! Would love to grow those. Currently, I am growing Red Burgundy, Clemson Spineless and Jambalaya.
Nicely done Travis. CajunB has a great garden. 200 Tomato plants! That would be a ton of tomatoes to pick. All the fig trees also. Would have to get an early start to the day to get those picked before it gets too hot outside.
Lots of cold tolerant non commercial varieties of bananas available in Australia..I have 6 different ones... Really worth growing... Far more delicious than the shop bought
love the info, we are in 9a so glad to have a good start date to go by. Thank you Cajun B and Travis! The figs are awesome. Cant wait to buy another off of ya
It’s nice to see how well his figs are doing despite the rain and humidity. I think the Gulf Coast tends to dry out a bit during August (opposite of the Southeast), but it is good to see they’re thriving.
Wonderful video, thank you. I had the opportunity to live and work in Cajun country some 35 years ago and found the locals to be very hardworking and generous folk. There's really nowhere in the country like that area. You could do worse than to model your fig aspirations on Brian's knowledge and experience. I'll be taking a very hard look at that Biltmore tomato. How are the many and various fig cultivars crossed and created?
Wow! Damn good video my man. I just bought this house with just a little acre plus.....now I want some more land to grow some more. I wish I could shake that old guys hand. I pray that success on you and your Family. One day I hope you'll have tours like that on your Homestead. Me and my Family will honored to visit and learn. KDWD! Keep doin' whatcha doin'!
I am thrilled to have found your channel!! The family and I are just over 1 year at our homestead, learning a ton of (new) old skills, we are getting our thumbs green a little bit this year. I'm excited to learn a bunch from you and your channel!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. God Bless
Field peas and snaps and a little okra together is my favorite! And man those loaded fig trees are awesome! My uncle makes a little muscadine and scuppernong wine for the holidays. But I don't know what type fig trees he has but he has two big trees that are loaded every year. He made some fig brandy last year. It taste so good till you don't think much about it but 5-6ounces... If you are sitting down don't get up. If you are already up you might need to sit down! I have a hard time falling asleep half the time but a thimble full of that brandy and in five minutes you are sawing logs!
Love the video and Cajun B's Garden and trees - especially the fig trees. I've gotten the fig fever myself the last couple of years so that was great information for me. Thanks for sharing Travis and may God bless you and keep you safe going back home. 👍
I know you were like kid in a candy store being amongst all those fig trees. It's really inspiring to see all the different varieties. So far I've only got two, but I have gone to the LA Ag website for more information. I think I'm going to start a family tree of fig trees! Thanks for the great video as always!
Wow I really enjoyed your video! This trip was worth its weight in gold! Got to get me some of these figs varieties to go with my Italian honey and brown turkey fig trees!
I'm new to fig scene and thoroughly like field trip! Didn't know LSU put out so many varieties right in my own home state. Hope Miss Brooklyn enjoyed the visit also.
Travis thanks for the great video content. Was the wealth of knowledge and information. Thanks for bringing Us along on your adventure To Louisiana. Thanks Robert from Atlanta.👍😎
Absolutely great video, we northern boys don't get anything that much fun. So interesting to see what works there and things we can only dream of growing. Vegetables in the winter? We could grow mud balls, snowballs and icecicles up here in the winter.
He girdled the branch, or basically cut away the bark in a rink all the way around in one spot. Then he packed soil around that spot and wrapped with Saran Wrap and then foil.
Man, deer got into my garden this year and have just devastated it! They ate my corn, beans,peppers, strawberries, cabbage, okra, Brussels, broccoli! I could have BAWLED! We live in MI and have lots of deer around but they’ve never jumped our garden fence before. I put some Bonide Repels All Deterrent around the perimeter tonight in hopes it keeps them out, as well as motion lights and whirly-gigs. If anyone has any other suggestions I am open! In past years we have planted our property with clover and wildflowers and that’s the only difference this year, we didn’t get around to re-seeding the clover.
Kandice, like many on this forum, you suffer heartbreaking damage from deer. Apart from the commercial deterrents, you can DIY your own spray from One Million Scoville hot sauce from Amazon, mixed 1/4 cup per gallon plus a tsp. dishwashing soap and sprayed on the garden perimeter. There are also motion detectors that can activate a tripod sprinkler. Old timers used to swear by hanging pieces of Irish Spring soap about 10' apart around the garden perimeter. Best of luck.
Did you score us some cuttings Travis? I could make myself sick in Caguns orchard. I have a fig tree I'm needing to move. It's a young tree and I am wondering when is the best time to transplant it. You and I have the same growing zone, what do you think, fall or spring?
I didn't have any room to fly back with cuttings, but I'll probably be getting some this winter. I've always planted my trees in spring, but Cajun B plants all his new trees in October. I think he can get away with that more because he gets even less cold than we do.
What a awesome orchard/garden thanks for the tour. Can figs develop rust . Wondering if I can tree it with liq coup or cooper . Wasn’t sure if fig trees would be sensitive to any of them?
Yes figs can get rust. You want to spray them before they start setting fruits. You can use Liquid Copper or I've been using this stuff (amzn.to/3PIEqO5) and it has helped a bunch.
Man I’d be in heaven down there with all them figs!! As I was watching I had the wife grab so fig bars, we love fig jam, bars etc!! Hope my tree produces them and they ripen this year, last year frost got to them but it was the first year transplant. I think on that big fig that’s fell over I’d cut the the majority of the tree on the ground and that one branch sticking almost straight up I’d stake you and let it grow my new main trunk. I was going to attempt to grow some sugar cane this year but didn’t so hope to grow a little next year, those pamelos was big!! I have a few citrus trees and a banana but unfortunately the people who sold me the banana didn’t know it was not a editable variety so got to get some others. Blue ice cream is one I want really bad, that stuff up here is exotic to us!! One day I’m going to have a conservatory so I can grow year round and citrus fruits etc. Looks like a good time and something for you to look forward to at your place!!
I really enjoyed the field trip. Thank you Cajun B for sharing your farm with us.
Good video, I'm sure CajunB has a massive wealth of knowledge when it comes to growing food.
He’s a wealth of information. Very honest business man. Great doing business with him
Amazing farm! The world needs more Cajun B’s and you too Travis
Thanks Rick!
Man, that whole farm is something else! I'd love to spend the day walking around there with CajunB, with my mouth shut and my ears open! And that okra! Seeing you pull an 8" pod off the plant and eating it raw says it all about that variety!
Great video. I live about 30 miles from CajunB and have visited his orchard a few times. I have purchased some cuttings and fig trees from him twice and plan on go back for more this fall. Brian is very knowledgeable on figs and the rest of his gardening. He enjoys doing it and does it all very well. You did a good job on the video and showed a lot. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Robert! CajunB is a wealth of knowledge and a great host.
Thanks Mr. Robert ! We enjoy your visit here.
WOULD LOVE TO SEE EVERYONE SHARE THIS VIDEO!
TRAVIS DONE GREAT JOB DOING THIS VIDEO
Taken quite a few rides in that golf cart and eaten many fruits there that I’ve never seen anywhere else. He and Linda are some awesome people and friends of mine. He is a wealth of knowledge and doesn’t mind sharing it. Hope you got to check out that massive Champanel grape vine growing where his chicken run was before hurricane Ida.
Thanks Dexter
Thanks Dexter
@@brianrodrigue6821 thank you for the friendship, knowledge, wise words, and everything else you have done for me over the years. I am forever grateful!
Good to be a face to Cajun B. This was great to watch, y'all take care.
This reminded me that I have some dwarf nanners in pots i forgot to plant. I agree the sweet potatos and okra are about all i can grow in the bed this time of year. In Central Florida.
Amazing, a whole different growing experience from my Zone5. Thanks for showing us your garden/farm CajunB.
Sounds Ike that was a great trip. The gardens looked wonderful. 👍🏻
It was!
This was real interesting to me, being in 9b. So cool how everyone's garden is so different.
Thank you Travis for this great video,enjoyed it immensely…and also great thanks for coming here for the visit that I will remember forever.
Thanks for having me!
What a great video! I’ve been to Chackbay Farm, but taking this virtual tour of the property was such a treat. Thanks, Linda, for letting me know about it. I learned a lot and plan on watching it again!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank You Shawn !
Enjoy you and Mom’s visit today.
@@lindasanchez354 We really enjoyed the visit, too. We were just talking about that. Thanks for taking the time to visit with us.
I'll bet you were as happy as a kid in a candy store learning about the different figs and tasting them to boot! Nice video!
Cajun B: Thank you for sharing your fig garden. Enjoyed learning about the pomelo and sugarcane, too!
Travis: Thank you for taking us along on your road trip to New Orleans. Thoroughly enjoyed the video. Best wishes from Kate in Olympia, WA - 7/28/2022.
Glad you enjoyed it Kate!
Thanks!
Thank you Alan!
Wonderful farm. Brave to visit in July. That heat in Louisiana is on a whole different level. I visited there during the summer and wow.
It was hot, but not much different than south GA. I liked the fact that there weren't any gnats over there. lol
Great video , being from central Louisiana really enjoyed it thanks for sharing.
Great Job On Video.. It Was A Pleasure having you Here..
Thibodaux, La ( Our Town Chackbay)
It was a great time for sure! Thanks for having me.
Do yall sell the fig trees? I’m Dtb and this video is so informative! I lost some trees from ida and need more trees!
Really enjoyed that trip to Cajun B and Linda's beautiful place! Thanks to them for sharing it with us! That's a heap of production!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cajun B got it goin on. Awesome video. Thanks for taking us along.
What a great video of your adventures in Cajun Country. He has quite the spread there and lots of different things planted. It’s great to see different gardens throughout the country. Nice work Travis!!
Thanks Tim!
CajunB is still picking figs here and I am still making preserves
Nice! I have a few stragglers on my trees, but most of mine are done.
Enjoyable video! I planted a couple Biltmore tomato plants and the tomatoes are uniform in size and tasty.
Growing up in NOLA, we raided many a fig tree in the neighborhood! Thanks for somewhat taking me back! :) BUT, I need to know where he got those Dwarf Cowhorn Okra seeds from! Would love to grow those. Currently, I am growing Red Burgundy, Clemson Spineless and Jambalaya.
I'll have to ask him. I haven't been able to find any online.
I really loved watching that! Bananas, figs, citrus, sugar cane, wow!
Awesome trip!!! Loved visiting the orchard. 💜💙💜💙 Fun to watch you fig guys bond.👍👍
Thanks Leah!
That was fun and interesting to watch. Many Thanks to CajunB for showing his crops and sharing his knowledge
Nicely done Travis. CajunB has a great garden. 200 Tomato plants! That would be a ton of tomatoes to pick. All the fig trees also. Would have to get an early start to the day to get those picked before it gets too hot outside.
He said he gets up every morning and gets to picking.
Great video! Good job CAJUN B .
Thank you Cedric
Lots of cold tolerant non commercial varieties of bananas available in Australia..I have 6 different ones... Really worth growing... Far more delicious than the shop bought
That was fun and really interesting. Thank you Cajun B and Travis.
Glad you enjoyed it Frank!
Wonderful place and owner. Do more!
Cool. TH-cam thinks you are at 20k subscribers. Good job Sir!
love the info, we are in 9a so glad to have a good start date to go by. Thank you Cajun B and Travis!
The figs are awesome. Cant wait to buy another off of ya
It’s nice to see how well his figs are doing despite the rain and humidity. I think the Gulf Coast tends to dry out a bit during August (opposite of the Southeast), but it is good to see they’re thriving.
Awesome video Trav, glad you took the trip down here and showcased Brian’s plot. Hope you had a good trip sir.
very good man
Wonderful video, thank you. I had the opportunity to live and work in Cajun country some 35 years ago and found the locals to be very hardworking and generous folk. There's really nowhere in the country like that area. You could do worse than to model your fig aspirations on Brian's knowledge and experience. I'll be taking a very hard look at that Biltmore tomato.
How are the many and various fig cultivars crossed and created?
Good question on how they're created. I'm not 100% sure, but it's probably a very delicate process considering the fig itself is an inverted flower.
Wow! Damn good video my man. I just bought this house with just a little acre plus.....now I want some more land to grow some more. I wish I could shake that old guys hand. I pray that success on you and your Family. One day I hope you'll have tours like that on your Homestead. Me and my Family will honored to visit and learn. KDWD!
Keep doin' whatcha doin'!
Thanks Lerone!
What a beautiful farm!
Love it
Travis
This was just a fabulous tour.
Really enjoyed it.
Thanks Karen!
I absolutely love, love, love Pomelos!!!
I am thrilled to have found your channel!! The family and I are just over 1 year at our homestead, learning a ton of (new) old skills, we are getting our thumbs green a little bit this year. I'm excited to learn a bunch from you and your channel!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. God Bless
Welcome! Glad you found us!
This was fantastic to see other growers in different parts of the country! Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks guys enjoy your trip Travis 😀🇦🇺
That chopped fig wood might make some fantastic barbecue.
Good point!
Great video. Thanks for visiting our state! Cajun B was the perfect farm for figs.
This was one of your most interesting videos - and I watch em all - I'm 8a in Texas
Thanks Bill!
Thanks for taking us along… great video!
Thanks Sally!
Field peas and snaps and a little okra together is my favorite! And man those loaded fig trees are awesome! My uncle makes a little muscadine and scuppernong wine for the holidays. But I don't know what type fig trees he has but he has two big trees that are loaded every year. He made some fig brandy last year. It taste so good till you don't think much about it but 5-6ounces... If you are sitting down don't get up. If you are already up you might need to sit down! I have a hard time falling asleep half the time but a thimble full of that brandy and in five minutes you are sawing logs!
Great trip Travis, hope you get to do more videos like this thanks 😊
I hope so too!
Wow! Great vlog!
Happy 20k!
Thank you!!
What a treat of a tour! Thank you, Travis! Did you sample several varieties, and do you have a favorite?
I sampled quite a few. The Smith fig was a really good one. I've gotta get one of those planted at my place.
Love the video and Cajun B's Garden and trees - especially the fig trees. I've gotten the fig fever myself the last couple of years so that was great information for me. Thanks for sharing Travis and may God bless you and keep you safe going back home. 👍
Thanks!
Cajun B is cool as a cucumber. I’m digging his chill Louisiana vibe. Really knowledgeable.
He's an awesome guy to hang out with for sure.
Great!! I think I have fig envy now :/
Great video, enjoying see other farms/gardens...Thank you gentlemen for sharing
Confessing I’ve never eaten a fig. Going to have to remedy that situation! Thanks Cajun B & Travis for this fun video.
You gotta try some!
I know you were like kid in a candy store being amongst all those fig trees. It's really inspiring to see all the different varieties. So far I've only got two, but I have gone to the LA Ag website for more information. I think I'm going to start a family tree of fig trees! Thanks for the great video as always!
Very cool guy… enjoyed the video.
Thanks Doug!
Thanks for sharing!!!
Wow I really enjoyed your video! This trip was worth its weight in gold! Got to get me some of these figs varieties to go with my Italian honey and brown turkey fig trees!
Thanks to y'all!!
You bet Wayne!
Excellent colaboration thanks for the video
Our pleasure!
I'm new to fig scene and thoroughly like field trip! Didn't know LSU put out so many varieties right in my own home state. Hope Miss Brooklyn enjoyed the visit also.
She did enjoy the visit. She stayed in NOLA and had a relaxation day while I made the trip to Thibodaux.
Very cool tour, hope you were able to get some cuttings to expand your fig field.
I'll get some this fall. We were tight on space with our carry-on luggage.
Travis thanks for the great video content. Was the wealth of knowledge and information. Thanks for bringing Us along on your adventure To Louisiana. Thanks Robert from Atlanta.👍😎
💪🏽 I always look forward to your videos, thank you for the content
Thanks for always joining us Ricky!
Great video….would love to take a tour of his gardens, thank you for sharing……
I would like to see a video from Chackbay Farm on the steps of fig tree planting and maintenance.
Travis, I bet you were wanting to taste everyone of those figs😂!!! ✌🏻
I tried about 30-40 of them. Gave it my best shot! lol
awesome. Ive seen a tour here before. it is always such an awesome place.
All this time ive been Buying file powder.! I have sassafras tree/shrubs all over the area. I learned something new again!
Thanks! Got that one many years ago during my college days at UGA.
That was really good Travis
Thanks Kenny!
That was fun! Thank you 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Wanda!
We grill okra with oil, salt and pepper, can’t be beat.
Yum!
Absolutely great video, we northern boys don't get anything that much fun. So interesting to see what works there and things we can only dream of growing. Vegetables in the winter? We could grow mud balls, snowballs and icecicles up here in the winter.
This is their break time down there. Then it's full send again come August.
Loved it!
How did he start that root on the fig tree he had wrapped? Did he cut the branch & what did he wrap it in? Never seen that before.
He girdled the branch, or basically cut away the bark in a rink all the way around in one spot. Then he packed soil around that spot and wrapped with Saran Wrap and then foil.
Enjoyed this one!
I'm glad!
I ride the inside lane crossing that bridge too. Lol.
Awesome video! Does he sell any cuttings? Would love to gift my father in law with a couple new varieties.
He does sell some cuttings in the fall on figbid.com. We'll also have trees on our site next spring.
i want that okra!
That okree looks amazing!! Cant find the seed for Cajunb's Dwarf Cowhorn Okra. Does he sell seed as well? Do you plan to?
I'll have a big bag of it in the fridge currently. Hope to get it on our website early next year.
I love Chevy Malibu
Nice!
Great tour and interview - a wealth of information! I would love to get my hands on some of those okra seeds...any suggestions??
I'll see if I can find some.
Man, deer got into my garden this year and have just devastated it! They ate my corn, beans,peppers, strawberries, cabbage, okra, Brussels, broccoli! I could have BAWLED! We live in MI and have lots of deer around but they’ve never jumped our garden fence before. I put some Bonide Repels All Deterrent around the perimeter tonight in hopes it keeps them out, as well as motion lights and whirly-gigs. If anyone has any other suggestions I am open! In past years we have planted our property with clover and wildflowers and that’s the only difference this year, we didn’t get around to re-seeding the clover.
Kandice, like many on this forum, you suffer heartbreaking damage from deer. Apart from the commercial deterrents, you can DIY your own spray from One Million Scoville hot sauce from Amazon, mixed 1/4 cup per gallon plus a tsp. dishwashing soap and sprayed on the garden perimeter. There are also motion detectors that can activate a tripod sprinkler. Old timers used to swear by hanging pieces of Irish Spring soap about 10' apart around the garden perimeter. Best of luck.
Did you score us some cuttings Travis? I could make myself sick in Caguns orchard. I have a fig tree I'm needing to move. It's a young tree and I am wondering when is the best time to transplant it. You and I have the same growing zone, what do you think, fall or spring?
I didn't have any room to fly back with cuttings, but I'll probably be getting some this winter. I've always planted my trees in spring, but Cajun B plants all his new trees in October. I think he can get away with that more because he gets even less cold than we do.
What a awesome orchard/garden thanks for the tour. Can figs develop rust . Wondering if I can tree it with liq coup or cooper . Wasn’t sure if fig trees would be sensitive to any of them?
Yes figs can get rust. You want to spray them before they start setting fruits. You can use Liquid Copper or I've been using this stuff (amzn.to/3PIEqO5) and it has helped a bunch.
Thibiduea I think I spelled that right. I think that is where JP of JP Bees on TH-cam lives. If so go say hi he is a nice fella..
I am exactly 200 miles due West of this Gentleman in Texas and also 30 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico , but we can't buy a rain drop here !
Does he sell figs in his farm stand? I'm in the New Orleans area and cannot seem to locate fresh figs anywhere?
Yes. He sells fresh figs by the gallon. And he's got plenty of them! lol
Thank you
Amazing Fig orchard! I had no idea we could grow bananas in Louisiana. I’d love to know the variety. I’ve grown banana as an ornamental.
Does anyone know where to get the Okra seeds?
I don't, but I'll ask around.
Man I’d be in heaven down there with all them figs!! As I was watching I had the wife grab so fig bars, we love fig jam, bars etc!! Hope my tree produces them and they ripen this year, last year frost got to them but it was the first year transplant. I think on that big fig that’s fell over I’d cut the the majority of the tree on the ground and that one branch sticking almost straight up I’d stake you and let it grow my new main trunk. I was going to attempt to grow some sugar cane this year but didn’t so hope to grow a little next year, those pamelos was big!! I have a few citrus trees and a banana but unfortunately the people who sold me the banana didn’t know it was not a editable variety so got to get some others. Blue ice cream is one I want really bad, that stuff up here is exotic to us!! One day I’m going to have a conservatory so I can grow year round and citrus fruits etc. Looks like a good time and something for you to look forward to at your place!!